The language 'C' has been used for a considerable time by professional programmers using minicam pewters, but not until the arrival of Hisoft's 'C' has it been 'available on Amstrad microcomputers This book assumes that the reader is familiar with Locomotive BASIC and frequently compares this with C'. However. 'C' has much more to offer than BASIC and many things which are quite difficult to do in BASIC can be quite simple in 'C'. The author has taken every opportunity to show the reader the new ways of programming available and has included many reminders about old BASIC habits that must be abandoned Because of the close inter-relationship between the way programs are designed and the way they are written, the author links these topics together. The book has been written entirely around the convert tional 'top-down' method of structured programming a method designed to make complex programs rela lively easy to write and understand This book is suitable for users of the Amstrad CPC464 CPC664. and the CPC6128 

ISBN 0-907792-86-3 / ISBN 0907792863